The sludge metal band Melvins covered Promise Me in their album " 20th Anniversary Tour: Portland, OR.

The Melvins covered their song " Sacrifice " on their Lysol album.

*" Goin ' Blind " was covered by The Melvins, on the 1993 release Houdini.

Both " Second Coming " and " Ballad of Dwight Fry " were covered by alternative metal band The Melvins for their album Lysol.

Punk icon Jello Biafra & The Melvins covered the song " Halo of Flies " on their 2005 release Sieg Howdy!

Recorded after a meeting between vocalist Mike Patton and guitarist Duane Denison, the album features members of Faith No More, The Jesus Lizard, Helmet and Melvins.

For Tomahawk, the band is composed of Mike Patton, vocalist for Faith No More and Mr. Bungle ; Duane Denison, guitarist for The Jesus Lizard ; Kevin Rutmanis, bass player for Melvins ; and John Stanier, drummer for Helmet.

Since the dissolution of Dead Kennedys, Biafra has continued to collaborate and record with other artists, including Mojo Nixon, Al Jourgensen of Ministry, and the Melvins, and has become a spoken word performer, covering political topics in particular.

" Pig Destroyer is inspired by thrash metal, such as Dark Angel and Slayer, the sludge metal of The Melvins, and grindcore practiced by Brutal Truth, while Agoraphobic Nosebleed takes cues from thrashcore and powerviolence, like D. R. I.

The first major release was a compilation of Olympia-area bands simply titled Kill Rock Stars ( Stars Kill Rock and Rock Stars Kill would follow in the same compilation series ) and featured Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Unwound, Nirvana, The Melvins, as well as singer-songwriter Elliott Smith.

Grunge artists considered these bands " cheesy " but nonetheless enjoyed them ; Buzz Osborne of the Melvins described it as an attempt to see what ridiculous things bands could do and get away with.

Additionally, the slow, heavy, and sludgy style of the Melvins was a significant influence on the grunge sound.

The record featured multiple tracks by six bands: Green River, Soundgarden, Melvins, Malfunkshun, Skin Yard, and The U-Men.

Cobain eventually befriended the elder Novoselic, as the pair ended up sharing similar musical tastes, including a fondness for local band The Melvins.

However, the duo eventually discovered that the Melvins could pull $ 80 a night for one show.

Hardcore bands in Washington state included The Accüsed, The Fartz, Melvins, and 10 Minute Warning.

In the mid-1980s, northern West Coast state bands such as Melvins, Flipper and Green River developed a sludgy, " aggressive sound that melded the slower tempos of heavy metal with the intensity of hardcore ," creating an alternative rock subgenre known as grunge.

The Melvins, aside from their influence on grunge, helped create what would be known as sludge metal, which is also a combination between Black Sabbath-style music and hardcore punk.

Also, bands sometimes release eight-tracks as special releases ; for example, The Melvins released a limited-time, live eight-track album and Cheap Trick issued a limited edition version of their album The Latest on the format on June 23, 2009.

The influential band Melvins was formed in Montesano.

* Coady Willis, drummer for Melvins, Big Business and Murder City Devils.

Through the mainstream success of bands like Anthrax, Nirvana, Stormtroopers of Death, and The Melvins, the term came into the popular vernacular.

Early in the decade, several bands from the Southern United States ( particularly New Orleans with its metal scene ) such as Eyehategod, Acid Bath, Soilent Green, Corrosion of Conformity and Down, influenced by the Melvins, mixed Black Sabbath style metal, hardcore punk and Southern rock to give shape to what would be known as sludge metal.

Garrett has also sung on releases by The Melvins ( The Crybaby ), The Crush Ups (" Betty Ford For X-Mas ") and Liberty n ' Justice (" Sight Unseen " on Soundtrack of a Soul ), among others.

Screaming Trees is known as one of the " Godfathers of Grunge " along with the Melvins, U-Men, Skin Yard, Soundgarden, Green River, Cosmic Psychos and Malfunkshun.

Eventually the label's roster expanded to include releases by Helmet, the Melvins, The Cows, Helios Creed, Chokebore, Servotron and others.

Today the label is used by the Melvins and H • O • F on occasion to release limited edition 7 " singles.

He has many producer or co-producer credits with artists such as John Zorn, Sepultura, Melvins, Melt-Banana, and Kool Keith.

In 1998, Patton formed the avant-garde metal supergroup Fantômas with Buzz Osbourne ( of The Melvins ), Trevor Dunn ( of Mr. Bungle ), and Dave Lombardo of Slayer.

He recently attacked the reformed Dead Kennedys in a song called " Those Dumb Punk Kids ( Will Buy Anything )", which appears on his second collaboration with sludge metal band The Melvins, Sieg Howdy !.

* Melvins use an embossed version of the totenkopf for the " Singles 1 – 12 " compilation album which was released in 1997 through Amphetamine Reptile Records and for the CD-Single # 5.

Among the first of the many bands which came out of Seattle in the grunge era, Tad was notable for the fact that its music had noticeable Black Sabbath and Melvins influences, rather than the punk which influenced many other grunge bands.

Tomahawk took part in the " Geek Tour ", which featured labelmates The Melvins and Fantômas.

Biafra originally titled the album Osama McDonald ( a combination of the names of Osama bin Laden and Ronald McDonald ), a name which he was later credited by on the album Never Breathe What You Can't See, which was recorded with The Melvins.

12 is an album by The Melvins, which was released in 1991 through Your Choice Records.

Eggnog is an EP by Melvins, which was released in 1991 through Boner Records.

King Buzzo is an EP by The Melvins ' guitarist Buzz Osborne, which was released in 1992 through Boner Records.

Joe Preston is an EP by The Melvins, which was released in 1992 through Boner Records.

In 1989 he returned to San Francisco to produce Ozma for the Melvins which now featured Lori Black, also from the band Clown Alley.

Deutrom was sound engineer for a 1992 European tour on which the Melvins played at the Reading and Leeds Festival at the request of headliners Nirvana, and were reportedly called the worst band to ever play at the festival by one of the organizers.

Stoner Witch is the seventh album by Melvins, which was released in 1994 through Atlantic Records.

Stag is the eighth album by Melvins, which was released in 1996 through Atlantic Records.

Osborne also appears in the 1994 video for the Beck song " Beercan " which samples the Melvins ' song " Hogleg.

Singles 1 – 12 is a compilation album by Melvins which was released in 1997 through Amphetamine Reptile Records.

Honky is the ninth album by Melvins, which was released in 1997 through Amphetamine Reptile Records.

Alive at the Fucker Club is a live album by Melvins, which was released in 1998 through Amphetamine Reptile Records.

The Maggot is the tenth album by Melvins, which was released in 1999 through Ipecac Recordings.

The Bootlicker is the eleventh album by Melvins, which was released in 1999 through Ipecac Recordings.

Electroretard is the thirteenth album by Melvins, which was released in 2001 through Man's Ruin Records.

Hostile Ambient Takeover is the fourteenth album by Melvins, which was released in 2002 through Ipecac Recordings.